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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)In 400 years it hasn't worked yet.
Asking for freedom did not makes us free. It took a bloody war.
I'm using words. It will work in my lifetime, cause I ain't sugar coating a damn thing for America.
I wiil be heard, and I'll probably be here longer than you to see the results. I refuse to let my children grow up in a country where they are criminalized just because of the color of their skin. It isnt right and it makes me furious.
We may have to embarrass America into changing her ways. We had to do it before, and we'll keep doing it until it stops. And we should use whatever terms we want to, in order to help us explain the problem.
I would never tell a gay person which words they should use to describe the bigotry they face.
Would you?
Would you tell a woman which words she should use when describing sexism?
Ever tell a rape victim which words to use to describe the assault?
If you would not, then you should give black people the same respect you would give any other group when describing the pain they go through. If you can't do that, I'm sorry for YOU.